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Student killed, 14 injured in Jammu, Samba accidents

Jammu: A student was killed while 12 others were among fourteen persons, who sustained injuries in two separate accidents in Jammu and Samba districts of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

According to Kashmir Media Service, in the first accident, an 18-year-old girl died while eight others were injured when a mini-bus overturned following its head-on collision with a car, coming from opposite direction, near Bata showroom in Kunjwani in Jammu district.

The deceased student was identified as Surbhi Kumari, resident of Jallo Chak, Gangyal.

Eight other persons, including six students, were immediately rushed to the hospital. They were identified as Saina, 16, Goutam Sharma, 25, Akesh Mohan, 39, Muskan Sharma, 16, Sarita, 16, Nisha, 16, Sumit Kumar, 16 and Shivani, 14.

In the second accident, six children suffered injuries when their school bus skidded off the road this afternoon at Sumbh Goran road in Samba district.

Officials said that all the injured children were immediately rushed to hospital.

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